![]() I anticipate travel logistics will be a major issue. I believe there is a strong possibility of a sizable increase in the total number of schools in the two conferences in the near future. My guess is the number for both will be closer to 24 than 32, but it is not completely out of the question there will be over 60 schools in the two conferences. That is why I suspect when the dust settles in this round of conference expansion, the Big 10 and SEC could have between 24 and 32 schools each. It might be by 2032, when the TV contract for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament expires, but right now in these very uncertain times schools and conferences are continuing to keep football as part of their existing sports portfolios. However, the college sports industrial complex seemingly isn’t at that stage yet. The way I envision it, the CFPC would be made up of roughly 30 schools, all of them willing to designate players as employees and decouple their respective football programs from the rest of the NCAA (or whatever governing body inevitably succeeds the NCAA). Some of the current (and prospective) B1G/SEC members would be left out of the mix, either by choice or because of not bringing enough to the table in terms of brand identity. It could be called the College Football Playoff Conference, or CFPC. If this were a football-only situation, then we would probably only be talking about one conference entity. One key to determining the number is that, at least for the time being, other varsity sports are being included as part of the conference changes, even though football is obviously the driving force behind all the movement. No one really expects 32 to be the final number, but what will be? 40? 50? More? With the addition of UCLA and Southern California to the Big 10, the current combined total of institutions in the two leagues is 32, counting UCLA/USC and Texas/Oklahoma. One of the discussion points in this latest round of conference realignment is how many schools will eventually wind up in the Big 10 and/or SEC.
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